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Adviser Zaneilia Harris seeks out clients who resemble a former version of herself — young, single, African-American women struggling to make wise choices — and keeps them by structuring compensation in an atypical way.

Owners of McDonald’s outlets often need funds quickly to meet corporate demands for upgrades.

These kids "are making bad choices, but they don’t realize it because everybody around them is making bad choices, too," says this fee-only adviser who specializes in advising members of the armed services.

Clients who make their living from agriculture have some unique planning challenges – Mother Nature, for one.

‘Is there life after leaving a firm you founded — other than playing golf?’ Tim Kochis, formerly of Aspiriant, answered his own question by launching a venture that has one foot in Asia.

Small business owners can win when planners use a stacked-pension approach for 401(k) retirement planning, says Joe Gordon of Gordon Asset Management.

As social investing has broadened its horizons, returns have also improved, says Matt Papazian, CIO of Cardan Capital Partners.

There is little to fear from the final version of the Department of Labor's regulation, planners say in a new survey.

FINRA reprimanded the former rep for allegedly falsifying personal documents as accommodations for HSBC bank customers.

Information is flying at clients from TV and the Internet, and it's just too much, says Wells Fargo adviser Matt Fryar.

Advisers looking to make a big business breakthrough might be good candidates to sign up for a coaching program.

A half-dozen recruits jump between the wirehouse rivals.

Here are wealth management's elite leaders, responsible for landing the best talent and helping to shape the industry’s future.

Mineral rights can be lucrative... until the oil or gas runs out or prices plunge. Here’s how one firm helps clients manage these challenging assets.

An advisor, along with his 3 partners, creates a new firm but must wait a year without being able to solicit previous clients.

The rep was ejected for failing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations that she stole money from a retail bank customer.